Alejandro Cao de Benos

Alejandro Cao de Benos (1974-) was a Special Delegate of the Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries of North Korea originally from Spain. He adopted the name Cho Son-il ("Korea is one") and became an officer in the Korean People's Army as well as a politician.

Biography
Alejandro Cao de Benos was born in 1974 in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. He was a communist and dreamed of being in the Korean People's Army ever since he was a child, and he later moved to North Korea. On 8 August 2000 he became the President of the Korean Friendship Association and in 2002 was made the Special Delegate of the Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, being the first non-Korean to hold a government position in North Korea. He was popular among the people and was tasked with handling non-governmental organizations and media outlets when they entered the country, and he was accused of mistreating journalists and NGOs.